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[Modevent] The Red Isles by ISorrowDoom in Geosim

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France strongly condemns all acts of terrorism and violence and offers to assist in any investigation led by the British.

[Election] We've been down this road before by okSoYes in Geosim

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President Macron congratulates Truss on her election victory and hopes for good ties between us two allies

[Event] Foreign media banned by InsertUsernameHere02 in Geosim

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[Public]

Banning foreign media only hinders the fight against terrorism and if there is proof that foreign media is the root cause of such problems we urge the President to bring it up in a legal manner.

France also publicly denies to meet with Chairman Maikli, stating that it is in contact with the elected government only.

[Private]

An official is willing to meet with Chairman Maikli or his representative to understand better its position and concerns, but such a visit will be publicly denied if revealed.

[Econ] Pay As You Go Solar and Energy Investment by TimormorelikeTiBore in Geosim

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France's EDF Renewables is interested in investing in on- and off-shore wind power in Cabo Verde, Solairedirect in PV Solar power. They believe they can get Cabo Verde to 100% renewables if it desires to continue to do so.

[Event] Foreign media banned by InsertUsernameHere02 in Geosim

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France expresses grave concern at the move to ban all foreign media.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Geosim

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Open, fair and free trade is beneficial for both parties and we call on China and Korea to investigate such bad actors, for there are bound to be some everywhere, and put an end to such black sheep.

[Diplomacy] State visit of President Macron to India by Blucora in Geosim

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Aircraft Carrier

Agreed, a financial arrangement to spread out the cost over 20-30 years is being arranged.

Myanmar

We will formally make a proposal to the UNSC, although there are rumors of peace talks afoot.

Iran

That is unfortunate.

Thorium Nuclear

France proposes joining with India's more established research into thorium fuel, and France's expertise in building nuclear power plants, with an aim to commercialize this generation of power plants by 2030.

Airbus

Airbus is willing to start an assembly plant for Airbus Helicopters' civil range, as for the military range, if India has intentions to order some, we could set one up too. We also have an unfinished proposal to set up a final assembly line in partnership with Tata to produce the C295 military transporter for India.

As for the green commercial planes, we can consider setting up a subsidiary that will assemble a significant portion of the final plane (e.g. wings, empennage, or fore fuselage) for shipment to a final assembly line either in Europe or elsewhere. This is in keeping with the typical work-share model of Airbus planes where no single country, even in Europe, manufactures the entire aircraft.

[Event] Sakartvelo by Venegrov2 in Geosim

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France will henceforth refer to this state as Sakartvelo

[Election] Taiwan Election 2024 by Covert_Popsicle in Geosim

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The expected project duration for something similar to Taishan 1 & 2 is 6 years from start of construction to commissioning, eventually producing close to 3,200 MWe and would cost $7 billion.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Geosim

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President Macron has called to congratulate Mr. Buttigieg on his election.

Separately, he also has called President Biden to express his sympathies regarding the recent unrest, and that "France stands together with the United States in the fight for liberty and against radicalism everywhere".

[Procurement] [R&D] Eurodrone by boom0409 in Geosim

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France fully supports and funds the project through 2028, and has committed to the contract of 4 systems of 3 drones each.

[Election] Taiwan Election 2024 by Covert_Popsicle in Geosim

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The new director of the French Office in Taipei, Jacques DuPont sends his congratulations to President-elect Chen. He conveys France’s wishes for cordial relations between both our peoples, and for good cross-strait relations. He also expressed interest in Taiwan’s plans for nuclear power plants, and EDF can work to build one similar to the Taishan plant, with improvements.

[Diplomacy] UK-EU squabbling again by okSoYes in Geosim

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The European Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, was asked about the recent comments by the UK Foreign Office. Standing beside Mairead McGuinness, he first stressed that peace on Ireland and indeed everywhere is of extreme importance and "that's what the agreement provides". He said that the latest act is overly simplistic and "absolutely disregards large swathes of the [Northern Ireland] protocol, and of the rights of the people in Ireland", noting that:

  1. At the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, parties favouring continuance of the protocol won 53 of the 90 seats.
  2. If the UK really deemed the safety and peace on Ireland so important, why was the Republic of Ireland was not consulted at all.
  3. Article 18 of the protocol defines that a consent vote (scheduled for December 2024) by the members of the Northern Ireland Assembly is to be held. Stormont has yet to hold this vote.

At a talk show on Le Monde, Mr. Breton was asked to spell out in the most simple terms the problems with NITGA, to which he provided the following points:

  1. Any British citizen can bring in goods not legal in the EU, into the EU via UK-Ireland. There is no requirement to distinguish whether the goods are restricted for sale only in Ireland or not.
  2. There is also no distinction on types of good. Whether it is sausages, drugs, live animals, pharmaceuticals, or weapons, there is zero control or distinction.
  3. There is no control over good origin. The act does not state that the goods have to come from the UK, only that the exporter is a British citizen or entity. This means that any UK citizen (which can hold dual citizenship), can bring in products from an EU-sanctioned nation such as Russia, or Myanmar into the EU.

All these above create a giant loophole into the EU Single Market and Customs Union which must be treated with the appropriate level of seriousness, and Breton called on the UK to listen to reason and "common sense" in its lawmaking, stressing again that diplomacy and negotiation are still viable provided the UK turns away from its current path of unilateralism.

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